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4 A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 8 ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 Frances Richards, Editor-in-Chief frances.richards@asminternational.org Joanne Miller, Editor joanne.miller@asminternational.org Ed Kubel, Larry Berardinis, and Erika Steinberg, Contributing Editors Jim Pallotta, Creative Director jim.pallotta@asminternational.org Jan Nejedlik, Layout and Design Kelly Sukol, Production Manager kelly.sukol@asminternational.org Press Release Editor magazines@asminternational.org EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Adam Farrow, Chair, Los Alamos National Lab John Shingledecker, Vice Chair, EPRI Somuri Prasad, Past Chair, Sandia National Lab Ellen Cerreta, Board Liaison, Los Alamos National Lab Tomasz Chojnacki, Caterpillar Inc. Mario Epler, Carpenter Technology Corp. Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota Nia Harrison, Ford Motor Company Yaakov Idell, NIST Hideyuki Kanematsu, Suzuka National College of Technology Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Anand Somasekharan, Los Alamos National Lab Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Jaimie Tiley, U.S. Air Force Research Lab ASMBOARDOF TRUSTEES Frederick E. Schmidt , Jr., President and Chair of the Board David U. Furrer, Vice President William E. Frazier, Immediate Past President Craig D. Clauser, Treasurer Prem K. Aurora Ellen K. Cerreta Ryan M. Deacon Larry D. Hanke Roger A. Jones Thomas M. Moore Sudipta Seal Judith A. Todd John D. Wolodko William T. Mahoney, Secretary and Chief Executive Officer STUDENT BOARDMEMBERS Mari-Therese Burton, Olga Eliseeva, Jonathan Healy Individual readers of Advanced Materials & Processes may, without charge, make single copies of pages therefrom for per- sonal or archival use, or may freely make such copies in such numbers as are deemed useful for educational or research purposes and are not for sale or resale. Permission is granted to cite or quote fromarticles herein, provided customary acknowledgment of the authors and source is made. The acceptance and publication of manuscripts in Advanced Materials & Processes does not imply that the reviewers, editors, or publisher accept, approve, or endorse the data, opinions, and conclusions of the authors. A nother new year is upon us! We hope your holidays were merry and bright, and that you feel rested, re- freshed, and ready for 2018. As we gear up for the year ahead at AM&P, we’re looking forward to reporting on the most interesting, relevant, timely, and practical technology advancements taking place in materials science and engi- neering. As an integral part of this community, we also need to hear from you—our readers and members—about the suc- cesses and challenges you continue to face in your day-to-day jobs. What would you like to have more information about? Are you working on a breakthrough that you would like us to cover? Is there anythingwe can do tomake your work life just a little bit easier? Please contact us at any time to offer your opinions and suggestions. A new magazine department we are launching in this issue—“Research Tracks”—debuts on page 6. Throughout the year, we plan to highlight various research facilities and consortiums, both domestic and international, related to materials science. Our first installment reports on a DOE fellowship available to graduate students studying dynamic materials, shock physics, and x-ray spec- troscopy, among other topics. We hope you’ll help spread the word about this opportunity, or perhaps apply for it yourself. In addition, if you know of any fa- cilities that have opened, added new capacity, or renovated their equipment, please let us know. We hope you enjoy our first issue of the year. Our lineup includes an in- triguing article from HRL Laboratories LLC (page 18) about using what they call nanofunctionalization to control the solidifying microstructure in additive man- ufacturing and produce crack-free 7000 and 6000 series aluminum alloys for the first time. Also in this issue is a no-nonsense article from Satyam Sahay of John Deere (page 23) about how today’s technology trends (e.g., data analytics, IoT, and machine learning) may affect careers in materials engineering. This is a very insightful article about staying relevant in the field. Beyond this practical advice, be sure to check out the amazingly cool article (pun intended) on ice character- ization (page 27) and a lively piece from ASM Past President Jack Simon, FASM, (page 31) introducing ASM’s newest president, Fred Schmidt, Jr., FASM. In other news under the Dome, we are entering the second year of the ASM Renewal. All in all, 2017 went well with regard to revenue growth, maintaining our membership, and shoring up IT resources. The next 12 months will focus on our digital transformation strategy and activities, with a new association man- agement system and our first-ever content management system both coming online during 2018. We’re looking forward to a busy and exciting year ahead, and we hope you are too. frances.richards@asminternational.org GEARING UP FOR THE YEAR AHEAD